Dive· East Cape (Los Frailes, Cabo Pulmo, Los Barriles)· Mexico
El Vencedor Wreck (Cabo Pulmo)
23° 25.4′ N · 109° 24.6′ W · approximate
The sunken tuna boat El Vencedor, lying on sand at about 45 ft, where Cabo Pulmo's bull sharks circle slowly overhead - the park's signature dive.
Practical
Coordinate is approximate: dive-site positions are not published; the pin is placed in Cabo Pulmo bay between Cabo Pulmo (23.445 N 109.424 W) and Cabo Frailes (23.386 N 109.415 W) from OpenStreetMap, and the site is reached only by licensed dive or snorkel boat from the village (5-15 minutes). Open Water level. Groupers, snappers, turtles, stingrays and garden eels; large aggregations of bull sharks in the cooler months; tiger sharks possible. No encounter guaranteed. Park rules: no fishing, no anchoring (even a dinghy) on the reef, no touching or standing on coral, no feeding, no gloves; park fee 120 MXN per person per day (2026) on top of any Conservation Passport.
Best for
Bull-shark wreck dive
Season
Bull sharks most frequent in cooler months
Nearby
- Los Morros (Cabo Pulmo)0.4 NM away
- El Cantil (Cabo Pulmo)0.5 NM away
- El Bajo de Cabo Pulmo Reef0.6 NM away
- Mermaid Beach Reef (Cabo Pulmo)0.9 NM away
- Cabo Pulmo National Park1 NM away
- El Islote (Cabo Pulmo)1.1 NM away
- Cabo Pulmo Village (Restaurants and Dive Center)1.3 NM away
- La Lobera Sea Lion Colony (Cabo Pulmo)1.3 NM away
Place data includes © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).